At least two people were killed and 19 others injured after a gas tank exploded at a beachside restaurant on Mexico’s Caribbean coast on Monday, Associated Press reported, quoting authorities.

State police chief Lucio Hernández wrote in his social media accounts on Monday that the blast occurred “in a gas tank in the kitchen of the restaurant.”

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He confirmed that at least two people had lost their lives in the explosion that took place in a popular tourist zone of the Playa del Carmen resort, south of Cancun, and 19 others had suffered injuries. 

Police in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said eight of those injured at the Kool Beach restaurant required hospitalization.

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Authorities said some of the victims were tourists, however, information on their nationalities was not immediately available.

Meanwhile, photos and videos from the scene that have gone viral on social media showed windows blown out and an awning collapsed.

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This is not the first time that poor management of cooking gas lines has resulted in deadly accidents on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

In 2018, an American couple and their two children were killed due to a gas leak in a water heater in the resort town of Tulum, south of Playa del Carmen. An inspection had revealed that the water heater at the rented condominium was leaking gas. Prosecutors said the gas leak was perhaps caused by a lack of maintenance or the age of the equipment.

In 2010, the explosion of an improperly installed gas line at a hotel in Playa del Carmen killed five Canadian tourists and two Mexicans. In that case, prosecutors said the gas line, apparently meant to fuel a pool heating unit, was not properly installed or maintained.